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W7 Pro 64-bit installation stalls at account password screen
The original boot hard drive on my machine is having I/O problems, so I am trying to install W7 on a brand new SSD replacement drive. I made use of the threads in the tutorials section on using DISKPART from safe mode command prompt to clean, partition and format the SSD prior to running W7 setup after having the following problem: Windows setup (original disc that came with the machine) runs fine until I get to the "Set a password for your account" screen. At that point, I lose all mouse and keyboard function (system "freeze"?), such that I am unable to enter the requested info and have to do a hard re-boot to unfreeze the machine. I had this same problem both before applying the DISKPART advice and after. Help!!!